Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses in
Bonn, III/11. Bonn, 1998. Oblong, 29 x 24 cm, 16,
14 pp. Halftone of the autograph fair copy. This little booklet,
entitled “Stückchen für’s
Clavier” and “for Marie’s Seventh Birthday the 1st of September 1848
from her Papa”, consists
of the model for “Album für die Jugend” and six further items for
piano, one of them composed
by Schumann himself and the remaining five taken from works by other
composers. Marie
(1841-1929) was the first-born child of the Schumanns' and after
Clara’s death in 1896, her
mother’s spiritual trustee, supervising both the official biography and
the edition of
correspondence with Brahms. Issued on the 150th anniversary of the
Album. Commentary in
Ger-Eng. Wrappers. $28 (view other
volumes from this series)